diff --git a/inst/templates/cran/Makevars b/inst/templates/cran/Makevars
index e2dc513e..1eac0338 100644
--- a/inst/templates/cran/Makevars
+++ b/inst/templates/cran/Makevars
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ $(STATLIB):
 	if [ "$(NOT_CRAN)" != "true" ]; then \
 		export CARGO_HOME=$(CARGOTMP); \
 	fi && \
-		export PATH="$(PATH):$(HOME)/.cargo/bin" && \
-			cargo build $(CRAN_FLAGS) --lib --release --manifest-path=./rust/Cargo.toml --target-dir $(TARGET_DIR) && \
-			echo `cargo --version` && echo `rustc --version`;
+        echo `cargo --version` && echo `rustc --version` && \
+            export PATH="$(PATH):$(HOME)/.cargo/bin" && \
+			cargo build $(CRAN_FLAGS) --lib --release --manifest-path=./rust/Cargo.toml --target-dir $(TARGET_DIR);
 		rm -Rf $(CARGOTMP) $(VENDOR_DIR) $(LIBDIR)/build; \
 
 C_clean:
diff --git a/inst/templates/cran/Makevars.win b/inst/templates/cran/Makevars.win
index f19bb836..8eb69e4c 100644
--- a/inst/templates/cran/Makevars.win
+++ b/inst/templates/cran/Makevars.win
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ $(STATLIB):
 	if [ "$(NOT_CRAN)" != "true" ]; then \
 		export CARGO_HOME=$(CARGOTMP); \
 	fi && \
+		echo `cargo --version` && echo `rustc --version` && \
 		export CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_PC_WINDOWS_GNU_LINKER="$(CARGO_LINKER)" && \
 		export LIBRARY_PATH="$${LIBRARY_PATH};$(CURDIR)/$(TARGET_DIR)/libgcc_mock"; \
-		cargo build $(CRAN_FLAGS) --target=$(TARGET) --lib --release --manifest-path=./rust/Cargo.toml --target-dir $(TARGET_DIR) && \
-		echo `cargo --version` && echo `rustc --version`;
+		cargo build $(CRAN_FLAGS) --target=$(TARGET) --lib --release --manifest-path=./rust/Cargo.toml --target-dir $(TARGET_DIR);
 	if [ "$(NOT_CRAN)" != "true" ]; then \
 		rm -Rf $(CARGOTMP) $(VENDOR_DIR) $(LIBDIR)/build; \
 	fi